Zambia recorded a Current Account deficit of 1 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Current Account to GDP in Zambia averaged -5.36 percent of GDP from 1978 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 12.70 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of -20.90 percent of GDP in 1986. source: Bank of Zambia
Current Account to GDP in Zambia is expected to reach -0.70 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Zambia Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around 7.40 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.